Vulnerability · Published Mar 27, 2024 · Assigned by nvidia

CVE-2024-0079CVE

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference in vGPU driver, Cloud Gaming driver from nvidia. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user in a guest VM can cause a NULL-pointer dereference in the host. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-390no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-418-serverno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-430no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-440no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-450no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-450-serverno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-455no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-460no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-470470.239.06-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-470470.239.06-0ubuntu1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server470.239.06-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server470.239.06-0ubuntu1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-510no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-515no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-515-serverno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-520no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-530no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-535535.161.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnvidia-graphics-drivers-535-server535.161.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0079

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
nvidia vGPU driver, Cloud Gaming driver All versions prior to and including 16.3, 13.9, and all versions prior to and including the January 2024 release

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References